Gordy Bravo Athlete Profile - SFB

Gordy Bravo

Outfielder #2

Class

Senior

Hometown

Corona,

California

Last School

Eleanor Roosevelt High School

Roster Years

2013-2016

Career Summary

Gordy Bravo came to BYU from Cororna, California. Bravo carved her place in the BYU career record books from centerfield. She is fourth in batting average (.368), eighth in at-bats (647), seventh in runs (141), sixth in hits (238), tied for fifth in triples (7) and seventh in on-base percentage (.450). Throughout her career, she earned numerous honors, including 2015 NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team and 2015 West Coast Conference Player of the Year. In her junior and senior seasons, she was named to the All-WCC First Team. As a junior, Bravo hit .444, which is the best single-season batting average in BYU history. She helped lead BYU to a conference championship and NCAA Regionals in all four years of her career.From 2014 to 2016, Bravo played with the Mexican National Team during the summer.

Personal

Daughter of Robert and Michelle
Born in Corona, Calif.
Real name is Marissa, but goes by "Gordy"
Has two older siblings
Majoring in exercise and wellness
Enjoys scrapbooking
Her sports hero is Jackie Robinson
Also recruited by UCLA, North Carolina and Virginia

Before BYU

Prepped at Roosevelt High School in Corona, California
First-team all-league, all-area first team her junior and senior years
First-team all-league, all-area second team her sophomore year
First-team all-league, all-area honorable mention her freshman year
CIF first team Division I her senior year
First-team ESPN All-state her senior year
Four-year honor roll student
Played club for the Worth Firecrackers and coach Tony Rico
10u Corona Angels ASA National Champions
12u Batbusters 9th place
14u Lakewood Firecrackers ASA National Champions
18u gold Firecrackers 2010 Colorado fireworks champions
18u gold Firecrackers 2011 Colorado fireworks champions and Premier 2nd place

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2013

Easton first-team All-American
PCSC Freshman of the Year
PCSC first-team All-Conference
PCSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
Named Offensive Player of the Year by the coaches
College Sports Madness PCSC Field Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year
College Sports Madness All-Conference First Team
Led the conference in batting average (.385) and was second in runs scored (35), hits (65) and RBI (42)
Hit a perfect 3 for 3 and 4 for 4 in two of the first five games of the season (vs. Seattle, Idaho St.)
Had two hits against No. 11 LSU, including a double to bring in two runs and the tying RBI in the bottom of the sixth
Had the game-winning RBI against Maine in the second game of the doubleheader
Had a career-high three RBI against Marist in her first game at Gail Miller Field
Set a career-high with two doubles against Houston
Hit the first home run of her career against Utah Valley
Went 2 for 3 against LMU (game four) with an in-the-park home run to score two runs and bring in three RBI that game
Went 7 for 14 in series-sweep against Santa Clara; had three RBI and three runs scored
Hit 3 for 4 against Utah with one RBI
Went 2 for 4 in the Regional opener against No. 3 Oregon
Started in 56 games of 56 played and was second on the team in RBI with 43

Sophmore Year 2014

College Sports Madness All-WCC Second Team
Returned from a hamstring injury in the Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic and hit .312
Went 3 for 4 to lead a comeback win over Hawai’i
Hit her third career home run against Pacific to give BYU a 2-0 lead
Went 2 for 4 with two runs and an RBI against Saint Mary's in the title clinching victory
Went 2 for 4 with a run and driving in the first run in the win against Northwestern in the Washington Regional
Played and started in 43 games for the WCC champions

Junior Year 2015

WCC Player of the Year
All-WCC First Team
Earned NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team
Hit .444 with four home runs, two triples, nine doubles, 76 hits and 30 RBI, notching the second best single-season average in school history
Batting average was ranked as high as 11th in the nation
Led the WCC in hits (24), runs (20) and on-base percentage (.569) and was second in batting (.490) and total bases (33)
Named WCC Field Player of the Year and All-WCC First Team by College Sports Madness
Named WCC Player of the Week two times (2/23, 5/4)
Led team in batting, runs (51), total bases (101), at-bats (171), hits and OBP (.510)
Recorded hitting streak of 13 games
Hit 8 for 14 in the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge
Tallied three hits in three different games while going 11 for 19 in the Mary Nutter Classic
Reached base in the first 24 games this season for a 25-game on-base streak dating back to 2014 before recording a separate streak of 26 games later in the season
Named to the College Sports Madness 2015 West Coast Preseason All-Conference Second Team
Played with the Mexico National Team over the summer in 2014
Started 54 of 54 games played